https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/virgin-orbit-to-launch-rockets-from-the-uk-with-space-deal.html > One of Virgin’s space companies is gearing up to launch rockets from the U.K. by 2021. > Virgin Orbit, spun off from Virgin Galactic last year, has sealed a deal with the U.K. Space Agency to launch its LauncherOne rocket via Cosmic Girl, a modified Boeing 747-400 plane.